The Baghavad Gita is a central work of Hindu thought. It tells the story of Arjuna, a warrior prince, and his friend Krishna who is steering his chariot. Arjuna and Krishna have ridden out into the middle of a battlefield, with armies arrayed on either sides. Arjuna's job is to blow a conch shell to announce the commencement of battle. Seeing friends and relatives in both armies, Arjuna is heartbroken at the thought that the battle will cost him many loved ones. He turns to Krishna for advice.
Krishna counsels Arjuna on a wide range of topics, beginning with a tenet of Hindu faith that everybody reincarnates, so the lives lost in battle aren't really lost. Krishna goes on to expound on many spiritual matters, including several different yogas or paths of devotion. In the eleventh chapter, Krishna shows Arjuna that he is in fact an incarnation of the god Vishnu.
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